Root and shoot modification by irrigation

HortTechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 510-514

  Leskovar, Daniel I ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Ebb and flow; Flotation; Overhead irrigation; Root growth; Subirrigation; Transplant shock

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031750974     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.8.4.510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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